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Torro Pragmatico

Corazon de trobador y bohemio

About Me


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My Interests

Art, Music, Cooking, Foreign Films (Italian, Spanish, Chinese, Belgian, French, Mexican, Indian, Argentine) Travel, Fashion, Bull Fighting, Opera

I'd like to meet:

Isabel Allende, Elizabeth Taylor, Nicole Miller, Isabela Blow, Ruben Blades, Chavela Vargas, Salma Hayek, Tim GunnBETSY DIAZ --- REMEMBER THE NAME, THIS WOMAN IS GOING TO BE AN OPERA SUPER STAR!!!

Music:

Chavela Vargas, Vicente Fernandez, Celia Cruz, Oscar de Leon, Alejandro Fernandez, Gloria Estefan, Lila Downs, Luis Miguel, Antonio Aguillar, Juan Luis Guerra, Compay Segundo, Gipsy Kings, Tito Puente, Albita Rodriguez, Santana, Elvis Crespo, Ruben Blades, Son by Four, Vocal Sampling, Andrea Bocelli, Thalia, Shakira, Julio Iglesias, Willie Nelson, Ray Charles, Michael Buble, Steve Tyrell, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Louis Prima, Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James, Billie Holiday, Los Lonely Boys, Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Flaco Jimenez

Movies:

Harry Potter Series, Star Wars Series, Most James Bond Films, Pauline and Paulette, Suicide Circle, Habla Con Ella, Mala Education, Jamon, Jamon, Como Agua Para Chocolate, Don Juan de Marco, Rear Window, Virtigo, Strangers on a Train, Funny Face, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Cleopatra, A Love Song for Bobby Long, The Island of Dr. Moreau, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Frida, Sunset Blvd, Chocolat, Big Night, A Walk in The Clouds, Callas Forever, L'Auberge Espagnol, El Laberinto del Fauno, Anything with Anthony Hopkins

Television:

Bravo, Ovation, PBS, Discovery Channel, History Channel, Learning Channel, James Bond Marathons, Eddie Izzard, Monty Python.. width="425" height="350" ..

Books:

Chris Moore, Isabel Allende, Robert Fulghum, Maya Angelou, JK Rowling, Mitch Albom, Thoreau, Hemmingway, Cervantes, Shakespeare, Moliere, The House of Spirits, Zen in the Art of Archery

Heroes:

In No Particular Order: My Grandmother, My Sister, My Mom, My Father-in-law, Cristina Sanchez, Chavela Vargas, Ruben Blades, Celia Cruz, The Bakers at Mi Tierra, Modern Pharmacology, Milo the Wonder Dog, Oscar de la Renta, Carolina Herrera, Gianfranco Ferre, Alexander Mc Queen, Narciso Rodriguez & The Guy that invented the stiletto heel.

My Blog

St. Valentines Day Massacre

This is the second anniversary of my personal St. Valentine's Day Massacre.  That one day I buried my father, a traumatic cyclone of emotions in itself, my divorce was filed with the court, it w...
Posted by Torro Pragmatico on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:58:00 PST

Dreams

What happens to our dreams?  Not the ones we change our minds about, but the ones we give up on, the ones that we get side tracked on.  In my life I have wanted to be and was serious ab...
Posted by Torro Pragmatico on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 05:04:00 PST

Navidad Boricua

'Twas the night before Christmas y en toda la casa, Not a creature stirring -¡Caramba! ¿Qué pasa? Los niños were tuck'd... away in their camas, Some in calzoncillos and some in pijamas, I hung all the...
Posted by Torro Pragmatico on Sat, 25 Nov 2006 02:53:00 PST

Happy Halloween!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!   As  most of you know, I am a lover of words and to commemorate this Dia de Las Brujas I found an excellent piece written by the brilliant poet Robert Service.  I hope...
Posted by Torro Pragmatico on Sun, 29 Oct 2006 09:49:00 PST

Are you her?

Where is my Baby Girl? Where is the Sweetheart I long to hold and slow dance with? Where is the sly charmer that gives me coy glances from under her eyelashes? Where is the Princess that I make my que...
Posted by Torro Pragmatico on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:56:00 PST

Expanding Your World View

My father died several months ago and although we were estranged I have paused to reflect on his life.  He lived a relatively long life, nearly 73 rather full years.  He had three careers du...
Posted by Torro Pragmatico on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:48:00 PST

My Sister

I have the great fortune to be blessed with three biological siblings.  There are others in my life that I love as my brothers and sisters and they know who they are, but as for potential organ d...
Posted by Torro Pragmatico on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:43:00 PST

Bacon Cheese Burger:Gift from God or the work of the Devil?

We have here in Texas a great chain of burger places called Whataburger.  They have been around for about 50 years and they are characterized by their high-pitched roofs in their trademark orange...
Posted by Torro Pragmatico on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:31:00 PST

Animals I Have Eaten

I know this first topic may strike a negative chord with a great many vegans, vegetarians and animal rights people out there, but I can't help my history.  I was born and raised in Texas in the 7...
Posted by Torro Pragmatico on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:25:00 PST

My New Blogg

I was told recently that we should not live without letting "our song be sung" and so I hope to use this forum to "sing" the songs that rattle within the muddled gray mass between my ears.  I als...
Posted by Torro Pragmatico on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:04:00 PST